This IKEA 'Relationship Station' Is So Necessary

Finally, you can go to IKEA without worrying about breaking up.

Apr 13, 2017 6:53am

By Jaya Saxena

We've all been there. You and your partner need a new Liatorp console table and maybe a Varv floor lamp, so you get in the car and drive the two hours to IKEA. Except you forgot to measure just how wide your hallway is and now you're not sure the Liatorp will fit, and anyway the Norden is cheaper but noooo he's doesn't like the unfinished wood. And this is after he wouldn't stop at the cafeteria for meatballs on your way in so now you're both starving and you want to throttle each other and oh my god can we just get out of this godforsaken store where relationships go to die already??

Artist Jeff Wysaski understands your struggle, so he created an IKEA "Relationship Saving Station" where couples can take five minutes, relax, make each other laugh, and then continue shopping without breaking up.

Activities in the "Relationship Station" include looking at a photo of a puppy in a cup, writing down what you're angry about and putting it in a jar with Elsa from Frozen on it, and wearing milk carton hats because you'll look and feel too ridiculous to be mad. However, you can't get the Relationship Station to go, so good luck assembling that furniture together once you get home.